Again, I ask: Why do we freak out in the middle of the year? Are the books coming after us? Is there a stack so tall it's at risk of falling over on us? It's just mid-year. Nothing to be frightened of. Unless you're worried about the existential dread that accompanies the slow march of … Continue reading Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag
Book Review: Half Sick of Shadows
Half Sick of Shadows by Laura SebastianFantasy448 pagesExpected publication: July 6, 2021, by Ace Everyone knows the modern story of King Arthur: The hidden Prince Arthur reappears from obscurity to claim his father's throne, but to prove his lineage he must draw a magical sword from a block of stone- a feat no one but … Continue reading Book Review: Half Sick of Shadows
State of the ARC: June 2021
State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books in which we round up our ARCs and attempt to wrangle them into something approaching order. Sometimes it’s like herding cats. I've made it past the crush of ARCs I had on tap for June! It ended up not being as troublesome as I … Continue reading State of the ARC: June 2021
Sunday Sum-Up: June 27, 2021
Shakespeare. In the park. With the book club. That was my Saturday night, and it was fabulous. The local Shakespeare company performed Twelfth Night for their summer play, so a couple of the ladies from my book club and I went to see it in the park. It was a perfect evening for it: The … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 27, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: A Natural History of Color
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. A Natural History of Color: The Science Behind What … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: A Natural History of Color
Reading Valdemar: Closer to Home
We're heading into a new trilogy in the Reading Valdemar project. Mel (Grab the Lapels), Jackie (Death by Tsundoku), and I had mixed feelings about Mercedes Lackey's rather uneven Collegium Chronicles (Where was the plot? How old are these kids? How do we feel about Kirball? Are we thoroughly upset about the treatment of Amily … Continue reading Reading Valdemar: Closer to Home
Book Review: Books Promiscuously Read
Books Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life by Heather Cass WhiteNonfiction176 pagesExpected publication: July 6, 2021, by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux For a reader, there is nothing like delving into the pages of a good book. Reading serves as a method for traveling across time and distance, and for looking into minds and … Continue reading Book Review: Books Promiscuously Read
Sunday Sum-Up: June 20, 2021
It was a busier and more tiring week than I had anticipated, partly due to the weather (103°F. yay), and partly because we were short-staffed at work due to a co-worker's vacation. So I had to do my own job in addition to his job, and I was pretty wiped out at the end of … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: June 20, 2021
StoryGraph Saturday: A Beautiful Poison
StoryGraph Saturday is a weekly thing where I randomly choose a book from my To Read pile on StoryGraph and show it off to both remind myself that it’s there and to show it to you, Dear Reader, in case you might find it interesting, too. A Beautiful Poisonby Lydia KangHistorical Fiction/Mystery350 pagesPublished in 2017 … Continue reading StoryGraph Saturday: A Beautiful Poison
Book Review: The Ice Lion
The Ice Lion (The Rewilding Reports #1)by Kathleen O'Neal GearScience Fiction/Climate FictionExpected publication date: June 15, 2021, by DAW A thousand years in Earth's future, thick algae-like zyme coats the oceans, while glaciers three miles thick cover vast swathes of land. Before the ice took over the world, human scientists recreated certain species of Ice … Continue reading Book Review: The Ice Lion
